Faith Whittlesey

U.S. Ambassador To Switzerland

Female

BornFeb 21, 1939

Age76

HometownJersey City, New ...

NationalityAmerican

Other NamesWhittlesey, "Faye...

Faith Ryan Whittlesey is a former Republican politician and White House Senior Staff member notable for her effort to communicate Reagan's entire policy agenda to U.S. opinion leaders and for bringing together for the first time in the Reagan White House evangelical, Catholic, traditional religious and other groups who opposed legalized abortion on demand. These groups became a significant component of the Reagan coalition as they grew more politically self-conscious in the 1980s.… Read More

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'Not unlike the old quip that former US Ambassador and US Rep. Faith Whittlesey popularized as a senior staff adviser to President Ronald Reagan: "Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels."'

'Currently, Amy and the children, ranging in age from eight to one, are living in a modest pink house which Faith Whittlesey owns, near George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach, Florida. Whittlesey has also covered a good part of her daughter's attorney's'

'All in all, it gives new meaning to Faith Whittlesey's dictum, “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did — only backwards and in heels.” Performing as a female impersonator certainly prepared Cunningham for this role. As with acting, drag'

'To the Editor: Re ''''An American Retreat on Small Arms'''' (editorial, July 11): The highest priority of freedom-loving people is liberty, even more than peace. The small arms you demonize often protect men, women and children from tyranny, brutality and even the genocide too frequently perpetrated by governments and police forces. The world''s'